{"product_id":"without-a-net-isbn-9780143036784","title":"Without a Net","description":"Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs of D.C. But the comfortable life she was building quickly fell apart. At age twenty-four Michelle was suddenly single, homeless, and living out of a car with her three small children. She waitressed night shifts while her kids slept out in the diner's parking lot. She saved her tips in the glove compartment, and set aside a few quarters every week for truck stop showers for her and the kids.\u003cp\u003eWith startling humor and honesty, Kennedy describes the frustration of never having enough money for a security deposit on an apartment—but having too much to qualify for public assistance. \u003cb\u003eWithout A Net\u003c\/b\u003e is a story of hope. Michelle Kennedy survives on her wits, a little luck, and a lot of courage. And in the end, she triumphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\"Refreshingly candid... \u003cb\u003eWithout A Net\u003c\/b\u003e shows how frighteningly easy it can be for an ordinary, non substance-abusing middle-class woman and devoted mother to find herself unable to afford a place to live.\" —\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review \u003cb\u003e\"[Kennedy’s] sense of humor, ingenuity, and refreshing refusal to blame others for her mistakes won me over, and I quickly found myself rooting for her to succeed.\" —\u003cb\u003eElle\u003c\/b\u003e Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful, heartfelt, and wonderful book.\" —\u003cb\u003eDorothy Allison\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003cb\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichelle Kennedy’s \u003cb\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/b\u003e piece about this experience touched a nerve: E-mails and letters poured in from readers who wanted the whole story. Kennedy was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her work in \u003cb\u003eBrain, Child\u003c\/b\u003e magazine. Her work has also appeared in \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cp\u003eVisit Michelle Kennedy on the web at http:\/\/www.mishakennedy.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302662459621,"sku":"NP9780143036784","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143036784.jpg?v=1767744443","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/without-a-net-isbn-9780143036784","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}